Package pocket-guard for shipping-boxes



, w. L. EPHLIN. PACKAGE POCKET GUARD FOR SHIPPING BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-13PP919- 1,36 1 ,3 1 8, Patented Dec. 7, 1920;

UNITED STATES WENDELEND L. EPHLIN, OF CHICAGQ,'ILLINOISJ.

PACKAGE POCKET-GUARD FOR SHIPPING-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 13, 1919. Serial No. 317,236.

To all whom 2'25 may concern e it known that I, TENDELEND L. EPH- LIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of (look, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package Pocket Guards for Shippingldoxes, oi which the following is a specification.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improvedpocket guard for shipping boxes adapted to support a comparatively fragile package and protect it against injury by the other and bulkier contents in the shipping box; to provide an improved manner of forming said pocket guard; to provide an improved arrangement of attaching means on said pocket guard whereby the same may be easily and quickly secured in place in the shipping box; and to provide an improved pocket guard of this kind which is particularly adapted to support, in boxes used for shipping butter or butter substitutes, packages filled with capsules. containing liquid coloring material.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shownin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a plan of a piece of metal showing the manner in which pocket guards are'cut therefrom without waste of material.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pocket guard ready for attachment in a shipping box.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a shipping box showing the pocket guard in place.

Fig. i is an enlarged sectional detail illustrating the manner in which the pocket guard is secured to the shipping box.

An application of this invention involves the use of a piece of metal bent to suitable shape so that when attached to the interior of a shipping box, it provides a pocket, the walls of which are sufficiently strong to protect a comparatively fragile package against injury or destruction by the other contents of the shipping box. In the specific embodiment herein shown, the pocket guard 5 is formed of tin and is shown arranged in a pulp board carton 6.

The member from which the pocket guard is formed is cut from a strip of material, as clearly indicated in Fig. 1, so as to provide a tongue 7 at one edge thereof, which results in the formation of a notch or recessS in the which are retained in place by having tongues 14 bent over from the ends of the flanges 10 so as to bear against the heads of said brads.

The pocket guard 5 issecured within the shippingbox oagainst one side or end thereof by having the brads driven into the material from which the box is constructed. Where this material is made of pulp board, as shown in the drawings, the brads are usually long enough so that the ends thereof are clenched over as shown in Fig. 4:. The attachment of the pocket guard in this man ner provides a pocket into which the desired package is placed, and the notch or recess 8.

makes it possible to obtain a thumb or finger hold on the package so as to enable it to be Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

readily removed from the pocket without 1 removing the contents of the shipping box, if it it so desired. 7

The size of the pocket guard may, of course, be varied to accommodate any desired size or shape of package, and the material from which it is made will generally be determined'by the protection which it is desired to afford the package within the shipping box.

This pocket guard is particularly suitable for shipping liquid coloring matter with butter or butter substitutes. This coloring matter is usually placed in capsules, a number of which are placed in a small cardboard receptacle or package. Heretofore, it has been the practice to place these receptacles in one corner of the shipping box, with the result that the butter or butter substitutes have pressed against the package containing the coloring capsules and compressed it so as to break the capsules or some of them, whereupon the coloring matter would leak into the shipping box and discolor much of the contents. By providing a pocket guard of the kind hereinshown and de scribed, this difiiculty is completely overcome in a very' simple and 'efiective manner eat 7 without consuming any additionalspace in the shipping box than would otherwise be re uired.

his guard also protects'the capsule package from being affected by the moisture more or less present onor about the contents of 'the box, so that said package will not be softened or weakened and be more readily broken, as is frequently the case where the capsule package is shipped loose in the box.

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been herein shown and described, it willbeunderstood that details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim: I 1. A device of the class described, comprising a .piece of sheet metal formed with a notch extending inwardly from one edge, and

agtongue protruding from the opposite edge which, tongue is the complement of said notch, both being formed by the successive cutting of devices from a strip of sheet metal, said member being bent so as'to form a side, a pairof ends disposed at right angles to said side, and flanges disposed at right angles to said ends, andmeans hxed on said flanges tor securing said memberto a side of a shipping box so as to provide a pocket adapted to receive a package, said tongue being bent at right angles to said side so as to form a to said side, and flanges disposed at right angles to said ends, said flanges having apertures formed therein, nails in said apertures, and tongues on said flanges bent over said nails to secure 'the same in said apertures,

said member being adapted to be secured to r a side of a shipping'box .so as to provide a 7 pocket adapted to receive a package, said tongue being bent-at right angles to said side so as to 'form a bottom for said pocket.

Signed at Chicago this 11th day; of August, 1919.

WENDELEND L. EPH-LIN. 

